INDEX
This index includes all persons, places, periodicals and works of literature which are relevant to Anton Chekhov’s life and which are mentioned in the main body of the text or the footnotes. Minimal biographical information is given wherever ascertainable. I have also included a number of headings for topics and institutions which recur in the work. Persons are listed under the surname most commonly used for them; in square brackets I list pseudonyms, real, maiden or married names less widely used, and many of these are cross-referenced.
To make it easier for the reader to reconstruct the Cyrillic, the transliteration of Russian names is somewhat fussier than in the main body of the text (´indicates the ‘soft sign’, è the ‘e oborotnoe’) and, to facilitate pronunciation I indicate the stressed syllable of Russian names with an acute accent over the relevant vowel. Russian entries nevertheless follow the English alphabetical order. Works of literature are entered under the heading of the author; Russian names of periodicals and literary works are cross-referenced if not nearly identical with, or in immediate proximity to the English entry.
Abbazia 1
Abishag (King David’s comforter) 1, 2
Abrámova [Heinrich], María Morítzevna (1865–92, actress-manager) 1
Abyssinia 1
Adriatic 1
Africa 1, 2, 3
Agáfia Stepánovna (Anton’s nanny) 1, 2, 3, 4
Agalí, Olimpiáda [Lípochka] and family 1, 2, 3, 4
Aigún 1
Ainu 1, 2, 3
Aivazóvskaia [Burnázova], Ánna Nikítichna (1857–1944) 1
Aivazóvsky, Iván Konstantínovich (1817–1900) 1
Akhtýrka (monastery) 1
Aksiónovo 1, 2, 3, 4
Åland islands 1
The Alarm Clock [Budil´nik] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Alcohol, -ism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Aleksandrínsky theatre (St Petersburg) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Aleksándrovsk) 1, 2
Alekséev, -a, see Stanislavsky, Lilina, Sokolova
Aléksin 1, 2
Aléksin, Dr Aleksándr Nikoláevich (1863–1925) 1
Aleutian islands 1
Alexander I, Tsar (1777–1825) 1, 2
Alexander II, Tsar (1818–1881) 1, 2, 3, 4
Alexander III, Tsar (1845–1894) 1, 2, 3, 4
Alexander Nevsky monastery (Petersburg) 1
Alferáki, Akhilles and Liubóv´ 1, 2
Algiers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Alps 1, 2
Alsace 1
Al´tshúller, Dr Isáak Naúmovich (1870–1943, Yalta doctor) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Alúpka 1, 2
America, -n 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Amfiteátrov, Aleksándr Valentínovich (1862–1938, writer) 1, 2
Amúr river and province 1, 2
Amusement [Razvlechenie] 1, 2, 3
Andréev sanatorium, see Aksionovo
Andréev, Leoníd Nikoláevich (1871–1919, writer) 1
Andréeva [Zheliabúzhskaia], María Fiódorovna (1872–1953, actress) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Andréeva, Sofia see Chekhova, Sofia
Angleterre Hotel (Petersburg) 1, 2, 3
Aniúta, see Chufarova or Naryshkina
Ániva Bay 1
Ánnushka (Aleksandr Chekhov’s servant) 1, 2
Antokól´sky, Mark Matvéevich (1843–1902, sculptor) 1
Antwerp 1
Apúkhtin, Alekséi Nikoláevich (1840–93, poet) 1, 2
Apuleius 1
Aquarium (Moscow night club), see Aumont, Charles
Arakchéev, Count Alekséi Andréevich (1769–1834, minister), 1
Arápka (Melikhovo farm dog) 1
Arctic 1
Arkadákskaia, María Vasílievna (nurse at Melikhovo) 1
Arkhángelsky, Dr Pavel Arséntievich (1852–1913) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Armenia, -n 1, 2
Arséni, see Shcherbakóv
Arsenic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Arshaúlov, P. P. (Tomsk police officer) 1
Artaud, Antonin (1896–1948, playwright) 1
Artist, see The Performing Artist
Ashínov, Nikolai Ivanovich (invader of Abyssinia) 1, 2
Athos, Mt 1, 2, 3
Atlantic 1
Atropine 1
Au mur (Yalta villa) 1, 2, 3
Aumont, Charles (Moscow club owner) 1, 2
L’Aurore 1
Australia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Austria, Austro-Hungary 1, 2, 3
Aútka 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Avdéev, Iúri Konstantínovich (1918–87, curator of Melikhovo) 1
Avelán, Vice-Admiral Fiódor Kárlovich (1839–1916) 1
Avílova (Strákhova), Lídia Alekséevna (1864–1943), writer) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Azóv, Sea of, 1, 2, 3
Babakái Kalfá (contractor) 1, 2, 3, 4
Bábkino 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Baden Baden 1
Badenweiler 1, 2
Baikál (steamship) 1
Baikál lake 1
Bakhchisarái [Bahçesarayı] 1
Un ballo in maschera 1
Bál´mont, Konstantín Dmítrievich (1867–1942, poet) 1, 2, 3
Baltic Sea 1, 2
Balzac, Honoré de 1
Bandakóv, Father Vasíli Anastásievich (1807–90) 1, 2
Barantsévich, Kazímir Stanislávovich (1851–1927, writer) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Bariátinsky, Prince Vladímir Vladímirovich (born 1874, journalist) 1, 2, 3
Barskóv, Iákov Lázarevich (1863–1937, editor) 1, 2
Bashkír, -ia 1, 2, 3
Basle 1
Basmánnaia 1, 2
Bátiushkov, Fiódor Dmítrievich (1857–1920, editor) 1
Batum(i) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Baudelaire, Charles (1821–67) 1
Bayonne 1
Beau Rivage, Hotel (Nice) 1
Beaulieu 1
Beaunier, Sophie 1, 2
Beccaria, Cesare (1738–94) 1 On Crimes and Punishments [Dei delitti e delle pene] 1
Beckett, Samuel (1906–89) 1, 2
Beecher-Stowe, Harriet (1811–96) Uncle Tom’s Cabin 1
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1776–1827) 1, 2
Bégichev, Vladímir Petróvich (1828–91, Maria Kiseliova’s father) 1
Bélaia river 1
Beleliúbsky, Prof. Nikolái Apollónovich (1845–1922, engineer) 1
Belenóvskaia, María [‘Máriushka’] Dormidóntovna (1826–1906, family cook) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
Belgrade 1
Beloúsov, Iván Alekséevich (1868–1930, tailor and poet) 1
Bellini 1
Belóvin (Taganrog teacher) 1
Bély, Andrei (1880–1934, poet) 1
Berlin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Bernhardt, Sara (1844–1923) 1, 2, 3
Bermamýt, Mt 1, 2
Bernshtám, Leopól´d Adól´fovich (1859–1939, sculptor) 1
Bernshtéin, Aleksándr Borísovich (medical student at Aksionovo) 1
Bertensón, Dr. Lev Bernárdovich (1850–1929) 1
Betjeman, John (1906–84) 1
Biarritz 1, 2, 3, 4
Bíbikov, Víktor Ivánovich (1863–92, poet) 1, 2
Bible 1, 2
Bijon, Emilie (1858–1924, governess to Suvorins) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Bijon, Jean (born c. 1882, Emilie Bijon’s son) 1
Bijon, Patrice 1
Bilíbin, Víktor Víktorovich (1859–1908) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Bilíbina, Véra Pávlovna 1, 2
Biron, Count Ernst Johann (1690–1772, minister) 1
Black Forest 1
Black Sea 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Blagovéshchensk 1, 2
Blanche (hostess at the Ermitage) 1
Bobróv, Dr 1
Bogdánov, Prof. Anatóli Petróvich (1834–96, zoologist) 1
Bogdanóvich, Dr Piotr Kiríllovich (1858–1903) 1
Bogímovo 1, 2
Boguchár 1, 2
Bokós, Grigóri 1
Bologóe 1
Bolshevík 1, 2
Bon´e, see Beaunier
Borjómi 1, 2, 3
Borodávkin (merchant and arsonist) 1
Bortniánsky, Dmítri Stepánovich (1751–1825, composer) 1
Bótkin, Professor Sergéi Petróvich (1832–89) 1, 2, 3, 4
Bouret, Paul (Moscow watchmaker) 1, 2
Bourget, Paul (1852–1935, novelist) 1 Le Disciple 1
Boussard (Taganrog teacher of French) 1
Braga, Gaetano (1829–1907, composer) 1
‘Wallachian Legend’ 1
Braz, Iósif Èmmanuílovich (1872–1936, painter) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Bredíkhin, Professor Fiódor Aleksándrovich (1831–1904) 1
Brehm, Alfred Edmund (1829–84, German zoologist) 1
Brom (‘Bromine’) Isáevich (1892–9, dachshund dog) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Brónnaia, Málaia 1
Brontë sisters 1
Brothels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Brukker, Fomá Pávlovich (Moscow school owner) 1
Brukker, V. O. 1
Brumath (Alsace) 1
Budil´nik, see The Alarm Clock
Bukhará 1, 2
Bulgarévich, Daniíl Aleksándrovich (1870?–1926, Sakhalin official) 1, 2
Bulgaria 1
Bulychióv, A. M. (1864–?) 1
Búnin, Iván Alekséevich (1870–1953, poet, novelist) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Burénin, Víktor Petróvich (1841–1926, journalist) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 Nine Sisters and Not a Single Groom [Deviat´ sestior i ni odnogo zhenikha] 1
Buriat 1
Burns, Robert 1
Butler, Samuel (1835–1902, novelist) 1
Bychkóv, Semión Il´ích (footman at Great Moscow Hotel) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Býkov, Piotr Vasílievich (bibliographer, 1843–1930) 1
Bylím-Kolosóvsky, Evgéni Dmítrievich (1866–1935) 1, 2
Calas, Jacques (1698–1762) 1
Cancer 1, 2
Cannes 1
Canova 1
Cantharides (Spanish fly) 1, 2, 3, 4
Les Cascades (Nice) 1
Casino, see also Monte Carlo 1
Caspian Sea 1, 2, 3
Catarrh (Melikhovo farm dog) 1
Cats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Caucasus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Cayenne (French Guiana) 1
Cemeteries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Censor, -ship 1, 2, 3, 4
Cervantes 1
Ceylon, Sinhalese 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Chaléeva, Amenaísa Oréstovna 1, 2
Chaliápin, Fiódor Ivánovich (1873–1938) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Chechen 1
Chékhov, Aleksándr Pávlovich (Anton’s eldest brother, 1855–1913) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111 Alcoholism and Possible Ways of Fighting It [Alkogolizm i vozmozhnaia s nim bor´ba] 1
The Rubbish Dump (Svalka nechistot] 1, 2
Chékhov, Antón [Tós´ka] Antónovich (1886–1921, Anton’s nephew) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Chékhov, Antón Pávlovich works: ‘About Love’ [‘O liubvi’] 1
‘Agafia’ 1
‘An Anonymous Story’ [‘Rasskaz neizvestnogo cheloveka’] 1, 2, 3
‘Anguish’ [‘Toska’] 1
‘Anna Round the Neck’ [‘Anna na shee’] 1, 2
‘Ariadna’ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
‘Arkhierei’, see ‘The Bishop’
‘Artistry’ [‘Khudozhestvo’] 1
‘An Attack’ [‘Pripadok’] 1
‘Babie tsarstvo’, see ‘A Woman’s Kingdom’
‘Baby’, see ‘Peasant Women’
‘Barynia’, see ‘The Lady’
The Bear [Medved´] 1, 2
‘Belated Flowers’ [‘Tsvety zapozdalye’] 1
Bezotsovshchina, see Fatherlessness
‘Big Volodia and Little Volodia’ [‘Volodia bol´shoi i Volodia malen´ki’] 1, 2, 3
‘The Bishop’ [‘Arkhierei’] 1, 2, 3, 4
‘The Black Monk’ [‘Chiorny monakh’] 1, 2
‘The Bored Philanthropists’ [‘Skuchaiushchie filantropy’] 1
‘The Bride’ [‘Nevesta’] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
‘The Burbot’ [‘Nalim’] 1
Chaika, see The Seagull
‘Chelovek v futliare’, see ‘The Man in the Case’
The Cherry Orchard [Vishniovy sad] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
‘Cherti’, see ‘Devils’
‘Chiorny monakh’, see ‘The Black Monk’
‘Chto chashche vsego vstrechaetsia …’, see ‘What Do We Find …’
‘Cold Blood’ [‘Kholodnaia krov´’] 1
Complete Works [Polnoe sobranie sochinenii] 1, 2, 3
‘The Cripple’ [‘Kaleka’] 1
‘Dama s sobachkoi’, see ‘The Lady with the Little dog’
‘The Darling’ [‘Dushechka’] 1, 2
‘The Daughter of Albion [‘Doch´ Al´biona’] 1
Daydreams [Mechty] (unwritten) 1, 2
‘The Dead Body’ [‘Miortvoe telo’] 1
‘Devils’ [‘Cherti’], see ‘Thieves’
Diadia Vania, see Uncle Vania
‘The Diary of a Volatile Person’ [‘Dnevnik vspyl´chivogo cheloveka’] 1
‘Difficult People’ [‘Tiazhiolye liudi’] 1
‘Disturbing the Balance’ [‘Rasstroistvo kompensatsii’] 1
‘Dnevnik vspyl´chivogo cheloveka’, see ‘The Diary of a Volatile Person’
‘Doch’ Al´biona’, see ‘The Daughter of Albion
‘Dom s mezoninom’, see ‘The House with the Mezzanine’
‘A Don Landowner’s Letter …’ [‘Pis´mo donskogo pomeshchika …’] 1
‘The Dowry’ [‘Pridanoe’] 1
Drama at the Hunt, see A Shooting Party
Drama na okhote, see A Shooting Party
‘Dreams’ [‘Mechty’] 1
‘The Dreariness of Life’ [‘Skuka zhizni’] 1
‘A Dreary Story’ [‘Skuchnaia istoriia’] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
‘The Duel’ [‘Duèl´’] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
‘Dushechka’, see ‘The Darling’
‘Eger´’, see ‘The Huntsman’
‘Ego pervaia liubov´’, see ‘His First Love’
‘Enemies’ [‘Vragi’] 1
‘The Evildoer’ [‘Zloumyshlennik’] 1
Fatherlessness [Bezotsovshchina] 1, 2
‘Fears’ [‘Strakhi’] 1
‘The First Class Passenger’ [‘Passazhir 1–go klassa’] 1
‘Fokusniki’, see ‘The Tricksters’
‘For the Information of Husbands’ [‘K svedeniiu muzhei’] 1
‘Fortune’ [‘Schastie’] 1
‘Gore’, see ‘Grief’
‘Gooseberries’ [‘Kryzhovnik’] 1
‘The Grasshopper’ [‘Poprygun´ia’] 1, 2, 3, 4
‘The Green Spit of Land’ [‘Zelionaia kosa’] 1
‘Grief’ [‘Gore’] 1
‘Gusev’ 1, 2
‘He
Understood’ [‘On ponial’] 1
‘His First Love’ [‘Ego pervaia liubov´’], see ‘Volodia’
The History of Sexual Dominance [Istoriia polovogo avtoriteta] 1, 2
‘Home’ [‘V rodnom uglu’] 1
‘The House with the Mezzanine’ [‘Dom s mezoninom’] 1, 2, 3, 4
‘The Huntsman’ [Eger´’] 1, 2, 3
‘Imeniny’, see ‘The Name Day Party’
‘In Alien Lands’ [‘Na chuzhbíne’] 1
‘In the Ravine’ [‘V ovrage’] 1, 2, 3
In the Twilight (V sumerkakh] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
‘An Incident in Practice’ [‘Sluchai na praktike’] 1
‘Ionych’ 1, 2
The Island of Sakhalin [Ostrov Sakhalin] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Istoriia polovogo avtoriteta, see The History of Sexual Dominance
Ivanov 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
‘K svedeniiu muzhei’, see ‘For the Information of Husbands’
‘Kaleka’, see ‘The Cripple’
Kalkhas 1
‘Kashtanka’ 1, 2
‘Khirurgiia’, see ‘Surgery’
Khmurye liudi, see Sullen People
‘Kholodnaia krov´’, see ‘Cold Blood’
‘Khudozhestvo’, see ‘Artistry’
‘The Kiss’ [‘Potselui’] 1
‘Kniaginia’, see ‘The Princess’
‘Koshmar’, see ‘Nightmare’
‘Kryzhovnik’, see ‘Gooseberries’
‘The Lady’ [‘Barynia’] 1
‘The Lady with the Little dog’ [‘Dama s sobachkoi’] 1, 2, 3
‘The Laymen’ [‘Miriane’] 1
Lebedinaia pesnia, see Swansong
Leshii, see The Wood Demon
‘The Letter’ [‘Pis´mo’] 1
‘Lights’ [‘Ogni’] 1
‘A Literary Table of Ranks’ [‘Literaturnaia tabel´ rangov’] 1
‘The Literature Teacher’ [‘Uchitel´ slovesnosti’] 1
‘Literaturnaia tabel´ rangov’, see ‘A Literary Table of Ranks’
‘Livestock’ [‘Zhivoi tovar’] 1
‘The Man in the Case’ [‘Chelovek v futliare’] 1
‘The Mask’, see ‘Noli me tangere’
‘Maska’, see ‘Noli me tangere’
‘Mechty’, see ‘Dreams’ or Daydreams
Medicine in Russia [Vrachebnoe delo v Rossii] 1
Medved´, see The Bear
‘Miortvoe telo’, see ‘The Dead Body’
‘Miriane’, see ‘The Laymen’
‘A Misfortune’ [‘Neschastie’] 1
‘Moia zhizn´’, see ‘My Life’
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